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JOSEPH DANFORTH MARKED 7-7/8" AMERICAN PEWTER PLATE, LATE 18TH CENTURY
A very fine, near mint, marked Joseph Danforth of Middletown Connecticut 7-7/8" pewter plate. Except for a knife
ding and a few scratches, the plate shows no usage wear. Turnings are very evident, both front and back.
Joseph Danforth worked from 1780-1788. Current scholarship, based on touch mark placement evidence and
other information, suggests that the plate was more likely made by Jonathan and William Danforth after Joseph's
death in 1788. The brothers carried on their older brother's business until about 1794, when William obtained his
own touch marks and struck out on his own. Jonathan got out of the pewter business. The plate is double struck
in the center of the plate with Joseph's lion-in-gateway touch, but there are no hallmarks. Note the re-strike of the
touch marks.
$590
A very fine, near mint, marked Joseph Danforth of Middletown Connecticut 7-7/8" pewter plate. Except for a knife
ding and a few scratches, the plate shows no usage wear. Turnings are very evident, both front and back.
Joseph Danforth worked from 1780-1788. Current scholarship, based on touch mark placement evidence and
other information, suggests that the plate was more likely made by Jonathan and William Danforth after Joseph's
death in 1788. The brothers carried on their older brother's business until about 1794, when William obtained his
own touch marks and struck out on his own. Jonathan got out of the pewter business. The plate is double struck
in the center of the plate with Joseph's lion-in-gateway touch, but there are no hallmarks. Note the re-strike of the
touch marks.
$590
